orange -
Like: Orange is a combination of red and yellow, so it takes on
many of the characteristics
of both colors. It is vibrant and warm, like the autumn leaves.
Orange has the physical force of red, but it is less intense,
less passionate. Lovers of this color work and play hard, are
adventurous and enthusiastic.

You are good-natured, expansive
and extroverted with a disposition as bright as your favorite
color, and you like to be with people. Your ideas are unique and
you have strong determination. You are more agreeable than aggressive.

Orange people can be fickle. It
has been said that your latest friend is your best friend. Orange
lovers make for undependable mates--they're always looking for
new worlds to conquer! Success in business can come easily to
this gregarious, charming person.

If your preferences tend to the
peach tones, you have all of the same traits as the orange person,
but you are much less assertive about it. You work hard, but your
play (especially sports) activities are more as an observer than
a participant. You're friendly and charming as well, but in a
much more subtle way!

Dislike: Life is definitely not
a dish of gumdrops for the rejecter of orange. Nothing flamboyant
appeals to you. You dislike too much partying, hilarity, loud
laughter, showing off and obvious intimacy. As a result, you may
be difficult to get to know, if not a loner. You prefer a few
genuine close friends to a large circle of acquaintances and once
you make a friend, they're your friend forever.

Produced when light
strikes an object and then
reflects back to the eyes.

An element
of artwith three properties: (1) hue
or tint, the color name,
e.g., red, yellow, blue, etc.: (2) intensity,
the purity and strength of a color, e.g., bright
red or dull red; and (3) value,
the lightness or darkness of a color.

"Blue is the male principle, stern
and spiritual. Yellow the female principle, gentle, cheerful
and sensual. Red is matter, brutal and heavy, and always the
color which must be fought and vanquished by the other two."
Franz Marc (1880-1916), German painter of Der Blaue Reiter. In
a letter to Auguste Macke.

"I make black and white prints because
I want to go back to the beginning, and because in prints black
and white are absolute: these two colors express the most delicate
vibration, the most profound tranquillity, and unlimited profundity."
Shiko Munakata (1903-1975), Japanese.

"Artists can color the sky red because
they know it's blue. Those of us who aren't artists must color
things the way they really are or people might think we're stupid."
Jules Feiffer, contemporary American cartoonist and writer.

A riddle:
Q: What colors should you paint the sun and the wind?
A: The sun roseand the wind blue!
(Contributed by Reid Delahunt, 10 years old.)

"Chalkboard" on
color theory, painting materials
and techniques. With excellent text and graphics, several pages
thoroughly explain various aspects of color, along with color
mixing with pigments, light, and optics. Chalkboard comes from
Ralph Larmann at the University of Evansville, IN.